Rikki Poynter
Rikki Poynter is a 26-year-old deaf YouTuber, content creator, writer, activist, and public speaker living in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is mostly known for her video, “Shit Hearing People Say”, and as the person who has been advocating for more and proper closed captioning on YouTube.
Through her YouTube channel and written works, she talk about her life as a mainstreamed deaf person who is finding her way through Deaf culture and a new identity, learning ASL, as well as my mental health, growing up with child abuse, social issues and more.